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#NAME

ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.

#SYNOPSIS

perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cat files... > destination
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mv source... destination
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cp source... destination
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e touch files...
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_f files...
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf directories...
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath directories...
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e eqtime source destination
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_f file
perl -MExtUtils::Command=chmod -e chmod mode files...

#DESCRIPTION

The module is used to replace common UNIX commands. In all cases the functions work from @ARGV rather than taking arguments. This makes them easier to deal with in Makefiles.

perl -MExtUtils::Command -e some_command some files to work on

NOT

perl -MExtUtils::Command -e 'some_command qw(some files to work on)'

Filenames with * and ? will be glob expanded.

#cat: Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT.
#eqtime src dst: Sets modified time of dst to that of src
#rm_rf files....: Removes directories - recursively (even if readonly)
#rm_f files....: Removes files (even if readonly)
#touch files ...: Makes files exist, with current timestamp
#mv source... destination: Moves source to destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an existing directory.
#cp source... destination: Copies source to destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an existing directory.
#chmod mode files...: Sets UNIX like permissions 'mode' on all the files. e.g. 0666
#mkpath directory...: Creates directory, including any parent directories.
#test_f file: Tests if a file exists

#BUGS

Should probably be Auto/Self loaded.

#SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_Win32

#AUTHOR